Perth Amboy School Bus Accident: 6 Minor Injuries

Authorities in Perth Amboy say six elementary school children have sustained minor injuries after their school bus collided with a van.

Police Capt. Tibor Kacso tells The Star-Ledger of Newark the bus had 41 students on it when it struck a van broadside shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday at an intersection in Perth Amboy near the Raritan Bay Medical Center. Kacso says all 41 students were taken to the hospital.

Thirty-five of them were taken in for evaluation, and six were treated for non-serious injuries.

A passenger on the bus was also treated at the hospital for neck pain.

Kacso says the students were heading to Flynn Elementary School when the accident occurred.